5 keys to controlling healthcare delivery costs

Between diminishing reimbursements and the transition to value-based care, healthcare providers face ever-increasing pressure to reduce healthcare delivery costs. They must manage operations more efficiently in order to protect margins, even as they adhere to their mission of delivering quality care that supports optimal health outcomes. From the healthcare general ledger to the charts of accounts, healthcare finance departments can play a crucial role in helping to control costs.

Provider organizations are considering all available options. For example, a recent look at U.S. healthcare costs by PwC notes, "As more health systems go through large-scale mergers and acquisitions, they must make major investments in integrating data and information to capture potential efficiencies of scale."